David Ortiz
David Americo (Arias) Ortiz (Papi and Cookie Monster)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, D.R.
High School: Haina (Haina, DO)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1997
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 MIN AL 21 1B 11 10 87.0 95 84 10 1 10 .989 -0.2 -2.8 -0.2 -1.0 0.8 0 9.72 8.55 .992 9.31 8.04
1997 MIN AL 21 DH 1
1998 MIN AL 22 1B 70 69 587.2 555 503 46 6 51 .989 -6.2 -12.7 -6.2 -4.7 -1.5 0 8.41 7.84 .992 9.43 8.30
1998 MIN AL 22 DH 10
1999 MIN AL 23 DH 5
1999 MIN AL 23 1B 1 0 5.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 -0.8 -192.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 12.60 7.00 .986 9.54 8.30
2000 MIN AL 24 DH 88
2000 MIN AL 24 1B 27 25 215.1 223 210 12 1 17 .996 -1.0 -5.6 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 0 9.28 8.22 .993 9.37 8.17
2001 MIN AL 25 DH 78
2001 MIN AL 25 1B 8 7 55.0 62 60 2 0 2 1.000 0.3 6.5 0.3 -0.1 0.5 0 10.15 7.75 .994 9.39 8.28
2002 MIN AL 26 DH 95
2002 MIN AL 26 1B 15 13 103.0 97 90 6 1 8 .990 -1.0 -11.7 -1.0 -1.1 0.1 0 8.39 6.40 .993 9.33 8.02
2003 BOS AL 27 DH 74 MVP-5
2003 BOS AL 27 1B 45 44 378.0 375 342 30 3 20 .992 -1.6 -5.1 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 -1 8.86 8.27 .993 9.55 8.29 MVP-5
2004 BOS AL 28 DH 115 AS,MVP-4,SS
2004 BOS AL 28 1B 34 31 260.1 278 253 21 4 23 .986 2.7 12.4 2.7 3.2 -0.5 0 9.47 8.06 .994 9.31 8.01 AS,MVP-4,SS
2005 BOS AL 29 DH 148 AS,MVP-2,SS
2005 BOS AL 29 1B 10 10 78.0 82 69 11 2 8 .976 -1.2 -18.5 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 0 9.23 8.00 .994 9.60 8.11 AS,MVP-2,SS
2006 BOS AL 30 DH 138 AS,MVP-3,SS
2006 BOS AL 30 1B 10 10 68.0 70 62 6 2 8 .971 1.5 26.5 1.5 1.5 0.0 0 9.00 6.80 .994 9.52 7.99 AS,MVP-3,SS
2007 BOS AL 31 DH 140 AS,MVP-4,SS
2007 BOS AL 31 1B 7 7 48.0 40 37 3 0 3 1.000 -0.1 -2.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 7.50 5.71 .995 9.38 7.93 AS,MVP-4,SS
2008 BOS AL 32 DH 108 AS
2009 BOS AL 33 DH 138
2009 BOS AL 33 1B 6 6 39.0 49 42 6 1 2 .980 11.08 8.00 .994 9.14 8.12
13 Seasons DH 1138
12 Seasons 1B 244 232 1924.1 1933 1759 153 21 153 .989 -7.6 -4.7 -6.6 -2.0 -4.5 -1 8.94 7.84 .993 9.42 8.18
13 Seasons TOT 244 232 1924.1 1933 1759 153 21 153 .989 -7.6 -4.7 -6.6 -2.0 -4.5 -1 8.94 7.84 .982 9.42 8.18
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 MIN AL 21 15 11 15 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
1998 MIN AL 22 86 79 86 71 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0
1999 MIN AL 23 10 4 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
2000 MIN AL 24 130 109 130 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 21 0
2001 MIN AL 25 89 82 89 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75 7 0
2002 MIN AL 26 125 107 125 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 17 0
2003 BOS AL 27 128 117 128 45 0 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 11 0
2004 BOS AL 28 150 145 150 34 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 5 0
2005 BOS AL 29 159 156 159 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 3 0
2006 BOS AL 30 151 148 151 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 3 0
2007 BOS AL 31 149 147 149 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 2 0
2008 BOS AL 32 109 108 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0
2009 BOS AL 33 150 144 150 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 6 0
13 Seasons 1451 1357 1451 245 0 0 245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1127 89 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1997 MIN AL 21 379 61% 79% 31% 23 91% 0 84 9 72 3 2 10 10 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 8 0 2 1 1 0
1998 MIN AL 22 2726 53% 77% 29% 160 82% 1 499 33 459 7 56 46 33 5 2 2 6 1 5 0 4 51 1 0 0 48 2 3 2 1 1 100%
1999 MIN AL 23 23 65% 83% 43% 0 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 MIN AL 24 1015 69% 76% 26% 40 98% 1 210 14 193 3 14 12 9 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 17 0 0 0 14 0 3 0 3 1 100%
2001 MIN AL 25 243 67% 79% 30% 9 100% 0 60 4 54 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MIN AL 26 448 58% 77% 25% 20 85% 0 90 5 84 1 11 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 67%
2003 BOS AL 27 1716 52% 74% 29% 98 91% 1 342 22 314 6 39 30 19 8 1 1 3 0 3 0 2 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 3 33%
2004 BOS AL 28 1165 46% 74% 31% 64 92% 0 253 13 237 3 25 21 15 6 0 0 4 0 4 0 3 23 0 0 0 22 0 1 0 1 2 100%
2005 BOS AL 29 369 56% 79% 30% 18 83% 0 69 2 66 1 5 11 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 8 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0
2006 BOS AL 30 315 64% 75% 33% 19 89% 0 62 3 58 1 8 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
2007 BOS AL 31 192 53% 72% 28% 6 100% 0 37 1 34 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2009 BOS AL 33 166 45% 76% 36% 13 85% 0 42 2 40 0 3 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 50%
12 Seasons 8757 55% 76% 29% 470 88% 3 1755 108 1618 29 168 149 110 22 5 5 21 1 20 0 16 153 1 1 0 144 3 9 3 6 13 69%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 93% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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